...ool, my social studies teacher asked me to enter a writing contest. I said no
without thinking. I did not love writing. My family came from Brazil, so
English was only my second language. Writing was so difficult and painful for
me that my teacher had allowed me to present my paper on the sinking of...
...s were very anxious for his having an estate of his own; but though he
was now established only as a tenant, Miss Bingley was by no means unwilling to
preside at his table, nor was Mrs. Hurst, who had married a man of more fashion
than fortune, less disposed to consider his house as her home when it...
... these do it? Brains aren’t the only answer. The most gifted students do not necessarily perform best in exams. Knowing how to make the most of one’s abilities counts for much more.（第二段）Hard work isn’t the whole story either. Some of these high-achieving students actually put in fewe...
...更新）▲P1▲并列谓语动词的不同语法形式▲P2▲whatever与no matter what的比较than meets the eye 是什么用法To
begin with可改用现在分词吗until
midnight可以用定语吗▲P3▲not to mention…作什么成分two hours’ enjoyment与two hours of enjoyment▲P4▲way...
...实，即便是英文的谚语，也是讲究对仗和押韵的。例如：No pains, no gains.A friend in need is a friend indeed.所以，我仍然坚持这个翻译：A teacher for a day is a father for a lifetime. 因为这个翻译基本保持了原文的精髓，同时也体现出英文的修...
...ot;comfortable" classes who had retired on their incomes, and who had no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholders'meeting to dictate their orders to the management.3. The paid manager acting for the company was in more ...
What! Me angry!Surely it's him with the red nose you mean,not Me!What! Me (to) play him at chess? NO!Me (to) appease a chap like him?Nothing doing.这三个都是非正式语体中，当人称代词用于不带谓语或者不带限定谓语动词的不完全句中作主语时，习惯用...
I called on Mrs. Strickland before I left. I had not seen her for some time, and I noticed changes in her; it was not only that she was older, thinner, and more lined; I think her character had altered. She had made a success of her business, and now had an office in Chancery Lane; she did little ty...
...al lunch boxes, claiming kids
were using them as “weapons” to hit one another. There's a lot on the internet
about a state-wide ban in Florida,
but a few days worth of digging by a historian at the Florida State Historical
Society found no such legislation. Either way, the metal lunch box was ou...
...项叙述是正确的？A. Americans have one appointment after anotherB. Between two appointments there might be 15 minutes rest.C. Amercans can always hear the clicking of the clock.D. American's agenda are always fully engaged.定位在最后一段。我选的是B选项，“These calendars m...
傲慢与偏见Pride and Prejudice中有一句台词 "If every man does not end the evening in love
with you, then I'm no judge of beauty"中文字幕是“若今晚结束前没有一个男人爱上你，那我就不知道怎么评断美”。1. 按照这个译文来看，是把“every man does
not...
...equity”, ie, cold, hard cash he needed to inject into his firm. He had none.
For Mr Dell, it was the frustration of having Mr Icahn, a master of the
soundbite, accusing him of grossly undervaluing Dell when attempting to take it
private in 2013.
附上整段内容供参考：Third comes candour. ...
...a man rude
but henpecked.他是一个粗暴而惧内的男人。children innocent,
lively
and lovely天真而又活泼可爱的孩子（注：此类形容词短语亦可作前置定语）二、有些形容词常与某些介词短语搭配，作后置定语。如：The leaders present
at the meeting ...
"He'll break into no house, sir. I give you my solemn word upon that. But he will never trouble anyone in this country again. I assure you, Sir Henry, that in a very few days the necessary arrangements will have been made and he will be on his way to South America. For God's sake, sir, ...
...e those similarities to learn a dead language,
as long as they understood another language from the same "family".They
chose two dead languages that are over 3000 years old. One is Linear B, which they compared with
Greek. Linear B was first understood in 1953, butresearchers
say this is first tim...